Key-note speech of professor dr. Mircea Constantinescu ( Director of European Diplomatic Academy ) on: KAZAKHSTAN 20 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE. 20 YEARS OF PROGRESS. 20 YEARS OF COOPERATION WITH EUROPEAN UNION

KAZAKHSTAN - 20 YEARS OF INDEPENDACE. 20 YEARS OF PROGRESS

Prof. Mircea Constantinescu PhD

Director of the European Diplomatic Academy

KAZAKHSTAN - 20 YEARS OF INDEPENDACE. 20 YEARS OF PROGRESS

Between O.S.C.E and O.I.C.

In February 2010, the European Diplomatic Academy organized the conference ”Kazakhstan – The Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe”, conference honoured by the presence and participation of their Excellencies, president Ion Iliescu and president Emil Constantinescu.

This conference underlined (marked) an important step of the evolution of friendship and collaboration relationship between Romania and Kazakhstan. It was also a Romania’s token of appreciation, trust and support for Kazakhstan in its new quality of chairmanship of O.S.C.E.

At the same time, only a few mass media paid attention to a piece of information of the same importance, an event meant to have great impact on the diplomatic activity, as well as onto the multilateral cooperation among the nations of Central Asia and the entire international community.

In June 2011, Kazakhstan assumed the prestigious presidency of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the largest intergovernmental, international, regional organization, representing 57 countries, totalling over 1.4 billion Muslim people. The Conference is second in size only to United Nations Organization.

This Organization strives for Islamic solidarity in economics, politics and social circumstances, as well as for resistance to colonialism, neo-colonialism and racism.

The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has a major potential as international mediator, acting toward the prevention of internal conflicts or the conflicts between member nations. It is also acting for enforcing the trust between the member states as well as the cooperation in all areas of activity.

After almost two decades of active participation (since 1995) to the projects of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Kazakhstan succeeded in having a close collaboration with all the institutions of the Conference, clearly expressing the wish and will to actively contribute to the political, economic, cultural and humanitarian processes of the Islamic world.

In this context, Kazakhstan plays a strategic role in the development of a multilateral cooperation with the Islamic countries, due to its statute as a

Secular state and being at the same time part of the world’s Muslim community (Ummah).

The expertise of Kazakhstan as a chairman of O.S.C.E., an expertise that will continue to be used at the highest level, due to the Kazakhstan’s quality of former chairmanship, is of great importance. It will in the benefit of both organizations.

In fact, Kazakhstan already advanced at least two important and constructive project proposals to the OIC. One is proposing a long-term programme for economic and financial assistance by the Organization to the least developed countries of the Islamic word. The other underlines the need of the OIC countries to develop a common position in response to the so-called international terrorism disguised as “Islamism”, on one hand, and the growing anti-Islamic sentiment in the word, on the other.

As an example of vision and opening to the Islamic world, as well as to the international community, in February 2009, through the assistance of experts form the Islamic Development Bank, Kazakhstan adopted a Law on the Islamic financing and the Islamic banking system, allowing to introduce a new form of financial and banking services based on Islamic principles.

Finally, we can only hearty and once again congratulate Kazakhstan and the Kazakh people on the anniversary of 20 years if independence, for the great achievements in all areas of activity, to congratulate them for the important and active role as chairman of O.S.C.E., wishing at the same time a successful activity in the framework of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

KAZAKHSTAN : A MODEL OF STATE BUILDING

20 YEARS OF FULFILLED PROMISES BY PROFESSOR DR. ANTON CARAGEA

KAZAKHSTAN : A MODEL OF STATE BUILDING

20 YEARS OF FULFILLED PROMISES BY PROFESSOR DR. ANTON CARAGEA

When on 16 December 1991, President Nursultan Nazarbaev had proclaimed the Law on State Independence of Republic of Kazakhstan, few could suspect that a road of 20 years of successes on national building was opened.

The beginning`s where difficult. The economic establishment of Soviet Union was build on interdependence principle , accordingly to it, no country members of Soviet Union could host on his territory the industrial and economic factories necessary for an independent life.

Despite being confronted with such insurmountable difficulties, the national building had started rapidly , Kazakhstan had commence building economic relations with former Soviet Union states and also had open his economy to foreign investments and economic cooperation with all the countries in the world.

Introducing in exploitation new oil and gas fields and exporting energy products towards other areas as Caucasus, Caspian Sea and by Black Sea towards Europe had transformed in only a few years, Kazakhstan in the main energy supplier for emerging Asian economy and for European economies.

Today, 20 years after, Kazakhstan is part of all important world and European energetic projects and the dram of President Nursultan Nazarbaev was fulfilled.

New oil and gas pipelines are heading towards China insuring that asian giant thirst for energy for his developing economy will be meet.

The Russian foster project of South Stream, of supplying gas to EU market by sidelines could not exist without Kazakh gas, and the rival EU project, Nabucco, could not come to life without the import of gas from Kazakhstan.

Today all new economic projects and world economy development are based on all the projection on row materials and energy resources from Kazakhstan.

A long way for a country that international experts were doubtful in 1991 that will ever insure at least its own internal energy needs.

In 1991 Kazakhstan had being confronted with security problems, threatening proximity of Afghanistan engulf in the flames of civil war and inter-ethnic conflicts that where ravaging the newly independent countries of Central Asia.

Kazakhstan had found the way of equilibrium to insure his independence and integrity by international cooperation, becoming rapid a full member of United Nations, of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Organization of Islamic Conference and Organization for Cooperation of Shanghai.

Soon Kazakhstan had proved his ability to carve a new kind of policy: had taken the courageous decision to disband the nuclear arsenal left over after former Soviet Union collapse and to relinquish the fabrication and stockpile of nuclear weapons and closing down the nuclear test site of Semipalatinsk.

The bold decision of Kazakhstan was confirmed by international community and the new state had obtained a declaration for recognition of independence and territorial integrity from United States, Russian and China under United Nations supervision.

Today, 20 years after, Kazakhstan is insuring his own frontier security, with Kazakh security forces and is involved in training other Central Asian countries armed forces and is insuring the command and control of efficient anti-crime and anti-drug trafficking mission in the region.

More than this in 2010 Kazakhstan had held OSCE-Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe-Presidency, with a clear and strong mandate that succeeded in gathering in Astana, for the first time in the last 11 years, all the OSCE leaders around the table to discuss building a new and more efficient organization.

In June 2011 Kazakhstan had took over and the Presidency of Organization for Islamic Conference (OIC), with a new mandate based on reforming and reconstructing OIC. These astonishing international successes could not be possible without the economic power of Kazakhstan, but also without the support of an active and strong civil society build in the latest 20 years of independence.

Building a new national identity , after 1997 , Kazakhstan had begin building a new capital city , Astana , in a region in the center of the country that could let the most ambitious dreams to be revealed and transformed in reality.

The new city was not shy in ambitious dreams: Astana was counting in the moment of his inauguration 100.000 inhabitants, ten years later the number of inhabitants was 500.000 and is appreciated that in the next decade this number will surpass 1.000.000 inhabitants.

Today Astana is proud to have 4 lines streets , administrative palaces that could host by themselves an entire city and museums that are surprising the world such as : Presidential center for Culture , Modern Art Museum and Atemenken , a reconstruction of all Kazakhstan and his great city on a scale 1: 10. Today Astana is an economic and cultural center that is hosting business deal of worth more than 50 billion dollars each year.

Kazakhstan: where to form here?

Today at 20 years of independence Kazakhstan had already have a rich history that could make him proud , has a glorious past to give him identity and ambitious plans for a future that will offer to Kazakh people the pride of living in a country developed , prosperous and stable.

Kazakh people had known to build until now a model country, and there future is depending only on them.

Let’s wish them good fortune.

KAZAKHSTAN 20 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE KAZAHSTAN - 20 DE ANI DE INDEPENDENTA

In February 2010, the European Diplomatic Academy of European Council on International Relations , organized the conference ”Kazakhstan – The Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe”, conference honoured by the presence and participation of their Excellencies, president Ion Iliescu and president Emil Constantinescu.

This conference underlined (marked) an important step of the evolution of friendship and collaboration relationship between Romania and Kazakhstan. It was also a Romania’s token of appreciation, trust and support for Kazakhstan in its new quality of chairmanship of O.S.C.E.

Professor Dr. Mircea Constantinescu- European Council on International Relations - European Diplomatic Academy Director.

At the same time, only a few mass media paid attention to a piece of information of the same importance, an event meant to have great impact on the diplomatic activity, as well as onto the multilateral cooperation among the nations of Central Asia and the entire international community.

In June 2011, Kazakhstan assumed the prestigious presidency of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the largest intergovernmental, international, regional organization, representing 57 countries, totalling over 1.4 billion Muslim people. The Conference is second in size only to United Nations Organization.

This Organization strives for Islamic solidarity in economics, politics and social circumstances, as well as for resistance to colonialism, neo-colonialism and racism.

The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has a major potential as international mediator, acting toward the prevention of internal conflicts or the conflicts between member nations. It is also acting for enforcing the trust between the member states as well as the cooperation in all areas of activity.

After almost two decades of active participation (since 1995) to the projects of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Kazakhstan succeeded in having a close collaboration with all the institutions of the Conference, clearly expressing the wish and will to actively contribute to the political, economic, cultural and humanitarian processes of the Islamic world.

In this context, Kazakhstan plays a strategic role in the development of a multilateral cooperation with the Islamic countries, due to its statute as a

Secular state and being at the same time part of the world’s Muslim community (Ummah).

Professor Dr. Mircea Constantinescu ( EUCIR ) Director of European Diplomatic Academy and European Council on International Relations members at the end of KAZAKHSTAN 20 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE CONFERENCE.

The expertise of Kazakhstan as a chairman of O.S.C.E., an expertise that will continue to be used at the highest level, due to the Kazakhstan’s quality of former chairmanship, is of great importance. It will in the benefit of both organizations.

In fact, Kazakhstan already advanced at least two important and constructive project proposals to the OIC. One is proposing a long-term programme for economic and financial assistance by the Organization to the least developed countries of the Islamic word. The other underlines the need of the OIC countries to develop a common position in response to the so-called international terrorism disguised as “Islamism”, on one hand, and the growing anti-Islamic sentiment in the word, on the other.

As an example of vision and opening to the Islamic world, as well as to the international community, in February 2009, through the assistance of experts form the Islamic Development Bank, Kazakhstan adopted a Law on the Islamic financing and the Islamic banking system, allowing to introduce a new form of financial and banking services based on Islamic principles.

Finally, we can only hearty and once again congratulate Kazakhstan and the Kazakh people on the anniversary of 20 years if independence, for the great achievements in all areas of activity, to congratulate them for the important and active role as chairman of O.S.C.E., wishing at the same time a successful activity in the framework of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

When on 16 December 1991, President Nursultan Nazarbaev had proclaimed the Law on State Independence of Republic of Kazakhstan, few could suspect that a road of 20 years of successes on national building was opened.

The beginning`s where difficult. The economic establishment of Soviet Union was build on interdependence principle , accordingly to it, no country members of Soviet Union could host on his territory the industrial and economic factories necessary for an independent life.

Professor Dr. Anton Caragea presenting his key note speech:Kazakhstan: a model of state building. 20 years of fulfilled promises

Despite being confronted with such insurmountable difficulties, the national building had started rapidly , Kazakhstan had commence building economic relations with former Soviet Union states and also had open his economy to foreign investments and economic cooperation with all the countries in the world.

Introducing in exploitation new oil and gas fields and exporting energy products towards other areas as Caucasus, Caspian Sea and by Black Sea towards Europe had transformed in only a few years, Kazakhstan in the main energy supplier for emerging Asian economy and for European economies.

Today, 20 years after, Kazakhstan is part of all important world and European energetic projects and the dram of President Nursultan Nazarbaev was fulfilled.

New oil and gas pipelines are heading towards China insuring that asian giant thirst for energy for his developing economy will be meet.

The Russian foster project of South Stream, of supplying gas to EU market by sidelines could not exist without Kazakh gas, and the rival EU project, Nabucco, could not come to life without the import of gas from Kazakhstan.

Today all new economic projects and world economy development are based on all the projection on row materials and energy resources from Kazakhstan.

A long way for a country that international experts were doubtful in 1991 that will ever insure at least its own internal energy needs.

In 1991 Kazakhstan had being confronted with security problems, threatening proximity of Afghanistan engulf in the flames of civil war and inter-ethnic conflicts that where ravaging the newly independent countries of Central Asia.

Kazakhstan had found the way of equilibrium to insure his independence and integrity by international cooperation, becoming rapid a full member of United Nations, of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Organization of Islamic Conference and Organization for Cooperation of Shanghai.

Soon Kazakhstan had proved his ability to carve a new kind of policy: had taken the courageous decision to disband the nuclear arsenal left over after former Soviet Union collapse and to relinquish the fabrication and stockpile of nuclear weapons and closing down the nuclear test site of Semipalatinsk.

The bold decision of Kazakhstan was confirmed by international community and the new state had obtained a declaration for recognition of independence and territorial integrity from United States, Russian and China under United Nations supervision.

Today, 20 years after, Kazakhstan is insuring his own frontier security, with Kazakh security forces and is involved in training other Central Asian countries armed forces and is insuring the command and control of efficient anti-crime and anti-drug trafficking mission in the region.

More than this in 2010 Kazakhstan had held OSCE-Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe-Presidency, with a clear and strong mandate that succeeded in gathering in Astana, for the first time in the last 11 years, all the OSCE leaders around the table to discuss building a new and more efficient organization.

In June 2011 Kazakhstan had took over and the Presidency of Organization for Islamic Conference (OIC), with a new mandate based on reforming and reconstructing OIC. These astonishing international successes could not be possible without the economic power of Kazakhstan, but also without the support of an active and strong civil society build in the latest 20 years of independence.

Building a new national identity , after 1997 , Kazakhstan had begin building a new capital city , Astana , in a region in the center of the country that could let the most ambitious dreams to be revealed and transformed in reality.

The new city was not shy in ambitious dreams: Astana was counting in the moment of his inauguration 100.000 inhabitants, ten years later the number of inhabitants was 500.000 and is appreciated that in the next decade this number will surpass 1.000.000 inhabitants.

Today Astana is proud to have 4 lines streets , administrative palaces that could host by themselves an entire city and museums that are surprising the world such as : Presidential center for Culture , Modern Art Museum and Atemenken , a reconstruction of all Kazakhstan and his great city on a scale 1: 10. Today Astana is an economic and cultural center that is hosting business deal of worth more than 50 billion dollars each year.

Kazakhstan: where to form here?

Today at 20 years of independence Kazakhstan had already have a rich history that could make him proud , has a glorious past to give him identity and ambitious plans for a future that will offer to Kazakh people the pride of living in a country developed , prosperous and stable.

Kazakh people had known to build until now a model country, and there future is depending only on them.

First of all, I would like to greet and welcome all participants who are present today. Particularly, I would like to give my best regards to our guests for the honor of attending this event.

His Excellency Kairat Aman presenting welcoming statement for KAZAKHSTAN 20 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE. PEACE AND CREATION - International Conference.

I am glad to share with you the celebration of a major historical moment of our nation- the 20th Anniversary of Independence of Kazakhstan!

On December 16 1991, the Constitutional Law on the Independence of the

Republic of Kazakhstan was adopted. It is a legal, political and ideological document outlining the basic principles of human rights and freedoms, property, political pluralism and separation of power. These fundamental provisions form the basis of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

All things considered, you may acknowledge the great significance of this day for all our citizens, as it has marked the end of an old stage alongside with the beginning of a new one in our national history. This entails a considerable turning point in Kazakhstan’s development, leading to the mature, independent state which the Republic of Kazakhstan is nowadays.

To illustrate, I shall remind our guests of the large-scale of state reforms which has occurred for the last two decades, among which I shall mention the establishment of the two Chamber Parliament and the judicial system together with the construction of our new capital.

In terms of Kazakhstan's foreign policy, primarily, the country has pursued a multi-vector diplomacy which represents the national interests as the cornerstone and allows strengthening economic and innovation base. Consequently, a large and fructuous work has been achieved. As an acknowledgement of our continuous development, more than 130 countries have officially recognized and established friendly diplomatic relations.

Kazakhstan is a full and active member of the UN, OSCE and other international organizations. It may be safely said that Kazakhstan has become well-known and recognized in the international arena.

Due to various geopolitical and geographical circumstances, in contrast to other post-Soviet countries, located closely to the European Union, Kazakhstan, an Eurasian country, has never had a choice between the West and the East. Never the less, the importance of the European direction of our diplomacy showed the rate of development and cooperation, both bilaterally and through multilateral diplomacy.

Among the most important accomplishments which prove the cooperation between Kazakhstan and the European countries was undoubtedly the country's OSCE Chairmanship. The organization of the summit in Astana, which joined together the Head of56 OSCE states and Government since 1999, was the climax of the Chairmanship. It is Kazakhstan’s merit in convening this important event by any means. An important factor in the dynamics of relations between Kazakhstan and the European Union remains the economic and trade ties. The EU is a major trading and investment partner of Kazakhstan, ahead of Russia and China. The EU accounts for almost half of Kazakhstan's foreign trade turn over and one-third of the accumulated foreign capital in the economy of Kazakhstan.

Given this context I would like to remind that warm and friendly relations in the framework of the partnership between Romania and Kazakhstan have been developed. For instance, I am glad to note that our investments in Romania currently amount to about U.S. $ 4 billion. These are the largest investments outside Kazakhstan. Furthermore, concerning the trade matters, only the first quarter of 2011 amounted to about U.S. $ 1.5 billion. To my mind, this is a good indicator of the level of bilateral relations. More over, we will always remember with gratitude the historical fact that Romania, after the 1989 revolution, in a period of turbulence and change, was the first European country which recognized the independence of our country.

The year 2011 is marking the 20 years anniversary of Kazakhstan independence. In the short time span of only two decades Kazakhstan had succeeded an impressive transformation into a country that is today the main energy supplier from Central Asia, a renamed military and politic stability supplier for the area and a country with outstanding diplomatic results as the leader of Organization for security and Cooperation in Europe in 2010 and of Islamic conference Organization in 2011.

This seasoned and sophisticated nation building example will be under scrutiny by the Romanian intellectual elite on 15 November 2011 International Academic Conference: KAZAKHSTAN 20 YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE. PEACE AND CONSTRUCTION.

The Conference hosted and organized by the Institute of International Relations and Economic Cooperation of Romania and Kazakhstan Diplomatic Mission in Romania will benefit from the presence of President Ion Iliescu , who 20 years ago signed the diplomatic recognition of Kazakhstan and President Emil Constantinescu who developed Romania- Kazakhstan relationship.

Among the prestigious key note speakers we can count: Mr. Catalin Nechifor – Vice-President of Romania-Kazakhstan Parliamentary Friendship Group, Dr. Petru Lificiu, Vice-President of National Energy Agency (ANRE), Professor Dr. Anton Caragea- Director of Institute of International Relations and Economic Cooperation of Romania and Professor Mircea Constantinescu – Director of European Council on International Relations etc.

The International Academic Conference will also receive special congratulatory message from Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan H.E. Yerzhan Kazykhanov , message delivered by H.E Kairat Aman , Head of Kazakhstan Diplomatic Mission in Romania , other messages will be presented by the Vice-Rector of Romanian Economic Science Academy –Professor Dr. Viorel Lefter and by European Council on International Relations.

The International Academic Conference KAZAKHSTAN 20 YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE will highlight important moments in the development of Kazakhstan such as:

- The introduction in exploitation of new gas and oil fields and export of energy towards important areas as: Caucasus, Caspian Sea and Europe that transformed in a few years Kazakhstan in a major source of energy for the emerging economies of Asia and Europe.

- The courageous decision to dismantle the nuclear arsenal of former Soviet Union army left in the country and to relinquish the production and stockpiling of nuclear weapons, closing down the important Semipalatinsk nuclear research and test site.

- The declaration of acknowledging the independence and territorial integrity of Kazakhstan , signed by Russia , China , United States of America under the united Nations supervision.

Romanian stance in organizing an European high standard event about Kazakhstan it is not only a testimony not only of unprecedented development in the last years of the diplomatic and economic relationships between the two countries but also a testimony to Romania`s ability to efficiently mobilize and organize the European intellectual elite and to host international resounding events destined to boost the EU bridging towards Central Asia.